disposed or prepared for battle. engaged in or beset by conflict or struggle.

What does embattled mean?

1a : ready to fight : prepared to give battle here once the embattled farmers stood— R. W. Emerson. b : engaged in battle, conflict, or controversy an embattled official accused of extortion. 2a : being a site of battle, conflict, or controversy the embattled capital.

What does it mean when someone is dissonant?

dissonant • \DISS-uh-nunt\ • adjective. 1 : marked by lack of agreement : discordant 2 : incongruous 3 : harmonically unresolved.